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California - Wage & Hour
Following Brinker and the growing number of issues and decisions in its wake, a recent California Court of Appeals decision is welcome news for employers faced with meal and rest break class actions. In an unpublished decision, Sutter Health Wage and Hour Cases, the California Court of Appeal, First
FLSA - Hours Worked
By a 6-4 vote accompanied by an unusual set of dissenting and concurring opinions, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit declined to review en banc the prior decision by a divided three-judge panel affirming dismissal of a lawsuit filed on behalf of unionized poultry processing plant wor
FLSA - Federal Minimum Wage
The Department of Labor has issued a proposed rule to implement the new Executive Order (E.O) 13658 – Establishing a Minimum Wage for Contractors – which raises the minimum wage of certain federal contractors to $10.10 per hour starting January 1, 2015. Issued in February, the E.O. covers federal co
Oklahoma
Weeks after Wisconsin and Tennessee1 enacted their own legislation aimed at restricting access by employers to applicants’ and employees’ personal online content, Oklahoma and Louisiana have followed suit, further complicating the patchwork of state password protection laws already in place.2
New Jersey - General
Hospitals that require caregivers to be immunized against influenza are often sued to force them to exempt employees with religious objections from getting the shots, but last week a New Jersey court turned the argument for religious exemption on its head when it ruled in favor of a nurse whose obje
HR - Background Checks
The Equal Employment Opportunity Commission’s (EEOC) 2012 guidance on an employer’s use of criminal background checks is an example of administrative overreach and should be withdrawn, according to panelists testifying before a House subcommittee panel on Tuesday. Rep. Tim Walberg (R-MI), Chairman o
California - Wage & Hour
May 28 was the deadline for California bills to clear their house of origin this year, and many bills of interest – and concern – to California private sector employers moved to the other chamber. Here are some of the “live” bills to watch.
Colorado - General
In Sarrazin v. Coastal, Inc., 311 Conn. 581 (2014), the Connecticut Supreme Court analyzed when an employee’s travel time between home and work constitutes compensable work time. The Court affirmed the decision of the trial court in holding that a plumber who carried company tools in a company vehic
HR - General
The recent ruling by an administrative judge that the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) must testify about the data security standards it uses to pursue an enforcement action against LabMD, Inc. (LabMD) generated intense interest among data security professionals. Although human resources professionals
ADA - Reasonable Accommodation
“[R]easonable accommodations…are all about enabling employees to work, not to not work.”1 This fundamental insight guides the recent decision by the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit, holding that a six-month, inflexible leave policy is virtually always “more than sufficient” to comply wit
Washington State - General
Seattle, Washington has enacted groundbreaking legislation that, over several years, will phase in a $15.00 per hour minimum wage, the nation’s highest for private employers who do not contract with governmental entities.1 Although a handful of states have recently enacted incremental increases in t
HR - Whistleblowing
On May 12, 2014, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit issued a ruling upholding a grant of summary judgment in favor of the employer in Feldman v. Law Enforcement Assocs. Corp.,1 a Sarbanes-Oxley (SOX) whistleblower retaliation case filed by the defendant employer's former president and
California - Class Actions
A California Court of Appeal in Jong v. Kaiser Foundation Health Plan, Inc., Case No. A138725, ___ Cal. App. 4th __, (Cal. App. 1st Dist. 5/20/2014) (Jong) recently upheld the trial court’s grant of the defendant’s pre-certification motion for summary judgment against California law off-the-clock cl
Federal Gov't - General
Rules Governing Overtime, Reportable "Persuader" Information, to be Released this Year According to Federal Spring 2014 Regulatory Agendas
Federal Gov't - General
Minimum Wage Bill Fails to Advance in Senate.
FMLA - General
When it comes to leave as a reasonable accommodation after FMLA leave is exhausted, employers have been conditioned to simply believe: inflexible leave policies bad, flexible leave policies good. In fact, many of us have become so good at this conditioning it would make Ivan Pavlov proud [you know,
Michigan
On Tuesday, May 27, 2014, Michigan Governor Rick Snyder signed the Workplace Opportunity Wage Act (S.B. 934) into law. The Act will increase Michigan’s minimum wage from $7.40 to $9.25 per hour over the next four years – an overall increase of 25%. The increase will occur in phases beginning on Sept
Minnesota - General
On May 29, 2014, Minnesota Governor Mark Dayton signed into law legislation making Minnesota the 23rd jurisdiction to adopt a law authorizing the use of medical marijuana.1 The new Minnesota medical marijuana law (MML) promises to cloud and add complexity to administration of Minnesota employers' dr
California - Class Actions
n a long-awaited decision, the California Supreme Court in Duran v. U.S. Bank National Association, S200923 (May 29, 2014), clarified California's standard for certifying class actions in employee misclassification cases. In doing so, the Court issued badly needed guidance to trial courts deciding w
HR - General
As the school year draws to an end, businesses will be inundated with applicants searching for temporary summer employment. For minors there may be no more pencils, no more books, and no more teachers' dirty looks, but for employers summer comes with its own homework assignment: child labor law comp